What state, county and municipal workers make

Excluding New York City, more than half a million state, county and municipal workers in New York made $29 billion in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017, according to data provided by the Office of State Comptroller. That represents a 2.8 percent increase from the year before. Data for the 2015-16 year were also included in the table below.

You can also see this list of more than 500,000 government employees rounded up into a a database of more than 3,000 governmental units in New York State.

The data below, which cover active employees enrolled in the New York State and Local Retirement System, were obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. You can read more here. This database was posted on Nov. 28, 2017.

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Name Employer name Amount Date Fiscal year Pension group
Name YOUNG, JACOB A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $146,983.58 Date 07/28/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CREWS, SARAH A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $146,170.73 Date 12/17/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SLATTERY, KEVIN J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $133,981.04 Date 08/09/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GARIN, SCOTT N Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $127,044.81 Date 09/05/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROTHERTON, ROBERT P Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $123,203.34 Date 01/13/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GRAY, MICHAEL H Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $119,094.29 Date 02/23/1988 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COVERT, ROBERT M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $118,670.51 Date 11/22/1992 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DEIS, THOMAS W Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $117,828.76 Date 07/02/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PARSONS, C THOMAS Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $115,506.26 Date 12/30/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PAOLANGELI, KYLE L Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $115,432.62 Date 06/02/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JOLY, JOHN M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $115,094.30 Date 03/29/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TIER, DANIEL, III Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $114,939.21 Date 07/07/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COWEN, MATTHEW L Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $114,347.59 Date 05/13/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARBER, JOHN R Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $114,201.83 Date 04/12/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COLE, JEFFREY A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $114,193.53 Date 01/20/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUFFONE, JAMIE M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $112,651.43 Date 08/05/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name LAVINE, AARON O Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $111,779.74 Date 01/01/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THORNE, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $111,779.67 Date 01/06/2014 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THAYER, STEVEN P Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $111,146.22 Date 05/08/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name SODERHOLM, KURT LEE Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $109,787.19 Date 06/10/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SCHWARTZ, THEODORE C Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $109,028.13 Date 04/24/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MICHELL-NUNN, SCHELLEY E Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $108,977.53 Date 07/06/1998 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name EATON, SCOTT A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $107,810.43 Date 04/03/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ARSENAULT, JOHN S Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $106,861.63 Date 04/05/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MONTICELLO, VINCENT P Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $106,753.01 Date 08/25/1981 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TYLER, PETER Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $105,968.75 Date 07/15/1991 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name O'CONNOR, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $105,295.25 Date 07/16/1973 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NIEMI, RICHARD L Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $105,264.52 Date 05/23/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TRACY, CLINTON R Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $104,725.72 Date 07/06/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BANFIELD, BARRY L Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $104,054.74 Date 08/16/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NELSON, MICHAEL C Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $104,052.49 Date 09/06/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SPADOLINI, MARK A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $103,764.15 Date 03/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NECHEPOREK, DEREK M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $103,700.22 Date 08/31/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HAFF, DANA J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $103,416.61 Date 03/29/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CORNISH-EPPS, JOANN Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $102,549.84 Date 01/01/1980 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name ZAJAC, DANIEL M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $101,404.09 Date 02/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BENJAMIN, RAYMOND G Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $100,823.14 Date 08/09/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WHITNEY, PHILIP E Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $100,464.13 Date 03/10/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HAINES-SHARP, GILLIAN E Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $100,178.31 Date 01/05/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WEINSTEIN, BRIAN S Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $99,452.91 Date 03/07/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC KENNA, KEVIN D Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $99,281.75 Date 01/18/2000 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name NELSON, JACK B Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $98,955.29 Date 01/14/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name APGAR, GEORGE H, II Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $98,530.09 Date 03/10/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GOLDSBERRY, BRANDON J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $97,655.96 Date 06/02/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PENDELL, BRIAN T Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $96,215.52 Date 03/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BASHER, THOMAS T Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $95,347.74 Date 02/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FARWELL, GARY H, JR Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $94,747.05 Date 03/08/1994 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name JACKSON, OTIS E Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $94,634.34 Date 07/06/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOLCOMB, JULIE CONLEY Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $94,161.68 Date 09/24/1987 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name MARSH, MICHAELA M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $94,133.01 Date 03/28/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name GEBEL, JARED K Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $93,899.86 Date 02/15/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WHEAL, JAMES D Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $93,192.26 Date 08/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BARDO, WADE A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $92,822.91 Date 02/18/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name POWERS, JOHN D Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $92,540.76 Date 10/16/1986 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KIMMICH, PATRICK K Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $92,484.45 Date 05/14/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CONDZELLA, THOMAS W Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $91,859.38 Date 03/08/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name AMARO, DAVID J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $91,600.21 Date 07/28/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VANCE, ELIZABETH C Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $91,212.60 Date 01/01/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name WILLIAMSON, JAMIE S Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $90,826.95 Date 08/22/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TOMBERELLI, LORETTA M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $90,745.03 Date 11/03/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HOFFMAN, ROBERT S Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $90,266.84 Date 06/07/1995 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SAUL, VALERIE W Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $89,868.20 Date 03/22/1984 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name DU PAY, THOMAS J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $88,672.22 Date 06/01/2006 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ORENSTEIN, BETH S Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $88,349.75 Date 02/24/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DUBRAVA, MICHAEL J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $88,319.92 Date 11/22/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name FLAHERTY, KRIN M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $87,744.84 Date 04/07/2011 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HUBBELL, CARL C Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $87,215.32 Date 05/12/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MC BEAN-CLAIRBORNE, LESLYN E Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $86,963.57 Date 09/01/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name NIECHWIADOWICZ, MICHAEL L Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $86,735.69 Date 03/21/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name BARKSDALE, CHRISTINE M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $86,302.46 Date 10/09/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name VAN AUKEN, CAPRICE N Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $85,870.08 Date 10/14/2015 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name COGAN, DANIEL J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $85,602.07 Date 12/29/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name O'HALLORAN, MICHAEL V Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $85,181.50 Date 02/22/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name QUADROZZI, BRIAN A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $85,076.21 Date 02/16/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CROWLEY, THOMAS P Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $85,057.78 Date 07/23/1993 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name ANDREW, SCOTT A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $84,976.49 Date 08/04/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name HEATH, CHARLES W, II Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $84,908.67 Date 03/19/1990 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PAYNE, TIMOTHY J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $84,752.74 Date 03/10/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SULLIVAN, PATRICK J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $84,157.58 Date 03/10/1997 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WHITNEY, KEVIN L Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $83,746.50 Date 02/19/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KARASIN, ALAN J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $83,520.58 Date 08/05/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name PEYUS, TREVOR M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $83,405.61 Date 06/23/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PIRKO, THOMAS G Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $82,427.86 Date 02/02/2010 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WATROS, MATTHEW J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $82,331.52 Date 02/28/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name DE SARNO, PHYLLISA A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $82,092.08 Date 03/07/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RAPONI, THOMAS M Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $81,951.48 Date 12/09/1985 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name MOSKOWITZ, LESLIE A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $81,828.03 Date 09/27/2001 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name RAPONI, NICHOLAS P Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $81,458.67 Date 02/28/2012 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BUCK, ADAM D Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $81,116.02 Date 01/16/2005 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PAPE, ALEXANDER V Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $80,941.70 Date 05/23/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name SNELL, PETER A Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $80,379.09 Date 02/23/1999 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name STILWELL, GREG D Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $80,316.90 Date 01/07/2002 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name KOEHLER, KEVIN T Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $79,840.58 Date 07/15/2009 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name PACE, DARYL L Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $79,778.30 Date 06/23/2008 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name WILLIAMS, JUSTIN Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $79,776.99 Date 07/07/2004 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name BROWN, RICHARD P Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $79,316.54 Date 06/01/2003 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name HARDING, WILLIAM J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $79,055.20 Date 07/02/1989 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name CADY, CHRISTOPHER J Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $78,852.10 Date 09/02/2013 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System
Name TABOR, SUSAN E Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $78,794.34 Date 11/06/1996 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Employee Retirement System
Name THOMPSON, KENNETH G Employer name City of Ithaca Amount $78,628.24 Date 06/28/2007 Fiscal year 2016-17 Pension group Police & Fire Retirement System

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